The USS Houston (CA-30) Survivors' Association and Next Generation will hold the 25th Anniversary Day of Remembrance Memorial Service on Saturday, 2 March 2019 at 2:30pm at Sam Houston Park in downtown Houston. All TCNOUS members are encouraged to attend this special ceremony.

CDR Bryan Lethcoe, USN (Ret), Commander of the TCNOUS served as Master of Ceremony. Participants included the Patriot Guard Riders, Sea Scouts, USMC Honor Rifle Squad, Band of the Southeast, and the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. A five plane flyover prior to the ceremony was conducted by the Commemorative Air Force (CAF). Later during the ceremony a CAF B-25 conducted a fly by.

Guest speaker was Richard J. Stoll, Ph.D, Albert Thomas Professor of Political Science at Rice University. Dr. Stoll spoke of the role of U.S. Naval Intelligence in winning the war in the Pacific.

Other ceremony participants will be the Naval Sea Cadets, the Community Band of Southeast Texas, Sea Scouts, Civil Air Patrol Cadets, the South East Texas Patriot Guard Riders, and a U.S. Marine Corps Honor Guard for a gun salute.

The Companions of the Texas Commandery

will hold our annual

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony

on board the

Battleship USS TEXAS

at 11:00 AM, 1 December 2018

(admission is free)

Immediately after the Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony on board the USS Texas, you are invited to join others for a no-host lunch at the Monument Inn, just a mile from the Battleship TEXAS adjacent to the Lynchburg Ferry landing. We will have a private dining area so that attending Companions will have an opportunity to meet, greet, and visit. There is limited seating for about 40 folks on a first come-first serve basis. As in previous years the lunch will consist of the following items:

To RSVP, simply include the correct amount for the All-you-can-eat meal ($55) or the Lynchburg ($43). Send a check payable to the “Texas Commandery of the Naval Order”. We cannot take credit card payment yet (a feature expected to be added in 2019). Mail your selection with payment to be received no later than Monday, 26 November. Mailing address:

LT Steven Howell

1836 Norfolk

Houston, TX 77098

Lunch reservations will NOT be made without prior payment. There is no at-the-door payment. Phone call or email reservations will not be accepted. Any reservations received after we reach the maximum number will be returned with regrets. The cutoff date for canceling after paying is November 29 after which there will be no refunds.

This is a great opportunity to support your Commandery and honor the heroes that survived as well as those that lost their lives.

TEXAS COMMANDERYOF THENAVAL ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES

BATTLE OF MIDWAY COMMEMORATION LUNCHEON

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2018, 1130 HOURS

The Briar Club (valet or park on garage 3rd floor and walk across bridge)2603 Timmons, Houston, TX 77027 (between Westheimer and Alabama)

SPEAKERJohn Bradley, M.A., LtCOL, USA (ret.)

TOPICThe Battle of Midway

John Bradley, M.A., LtCOL, USA (ret.), a civilian prisoner of war of the Japanese, veteran of the Vietnam War, graduate of West Point and retired U.S. Army officer, has taught courses in U.S. history, military history, World War II and the Vietnam War at the University of Houston-Downtown and, since 2009, at the Glasscock School of Continuing Studies. He is principal author of “The Second World War: Asia and the Pacific” and its accompanying atlas. He also published the story of an American cavalry officer who perished in captivity: “Remind Me to Tell You: A History of Major Harry J. Fleeger and His Friends, POWs of the Japanese.” Mr. Bradley holds a master’s degree in history from Rice University and has taught military history at West Point. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Other ceremony participants will be the Naval Sea Cadets, the Community Band of Southeast Texas, Sea Scouts, Civil Air Patrol Cadets, the South East Texas Patriot Guard Riders, and a U.S. Marine Corps Honor Guard for a gun salute.

The Briar Club (valet or park on garage 3rd floor and walk across bridge)2603 Timmons, Houston, TX 77027 (between Westheimer and Alabama)

SPEAKEROur own Captain Chuck Hewell

SHATTERED SWORD: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE BATTLE OF MIDWAYHOW THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY FOUGHT THE BATTLE OF MIDWAYFor the past few luncheons the TCNOUS has focused on this battle from the USN side. There is obviously another side in this epic battle, that of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Drawing from the book "Shattered Sword" the TCNOUS will explore less familiar aspects of the battle.

The Texas Commandery of the Naval Order Annual Banquet and Nimitz Leadership Award presentation will be at 1830 on Saturday, 18 FEB, 2017 at the Houston Racquet Club, 10709 Memorial Drive Houston, Texas

Our guest speaker is Mr. Tom Gillette who will recount his experiences as a child at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.

Other ceremony participants will be the Naval Sea Cadets, the Community Band of Southeast Texas, Sea Scouts, Civil Air Patrol Cadets, the South East Texas Patriot Guard Riders, a Commemorative Air Force flyby (weather permitting), and a U.S. Marine Corps Honor Guard for a gun salute.